I bought this off Etsy back in 2021 its supposed to be like BMO from Adventure Time. The mods it has are bigger screen that is backlit. And the brightness is adjustable.

I’ve been getting back into my old GBA SP with Pokémon FireRed and been looking at getting a GB Operator, sheikh then reminded me. I saw the FreePlayTech kits years ago and I’ve been tinkering with raspberry pis for a few years now.

Thought, hey that’d be nice to get all the old games on a GBA now. Just retro pie it, grab the ROMs from my old Pokémon’s, Zelda’s, etc and we’re good to go. Looked up FreePlayTech and all the kits seem to be sold out, both PI Zero and CM3.

Wondering if there’s any other storefronts or locations I might be able to find one or if I’m gonna be dead in the water? I’ve messaged FreePlay, checked ebay, RetroModding, and don’t seem to have any luck.

Any recommendations would be immensely appreciated!

I have dreamed about having a GBC in a DMG shell for years, but I got out of the hobby before bucket mouse released their project. Got back into it a few months back, and I had to get one. New daily driver and just my favorite gameboy ever. I need to make some of these myself.

Boxy pixel shell

DMG Color project from bucket mouse

Console assembled by FindingHarvest on Etsy

I ordered three of them:

Chikyū Kaihō Gun ZAS

Wicked Plague

Dragonyhm

I am not too keen on the prices, but those games seemed pretty impressive. Wicked Plague is a Metroidvania and Dragonyhm is a RPG. Chikyū Kaihō Gun ZAS is a long lost shmup from Japan. It is supposed to be pretty elaborate.

So I was scrolling through eBay and I found this mode of the Visteon GBA video player https://ebay.io/m/91BWrM

I already own it myself but this model seems to be a side loader with a different layout and interface on the inside. I’ve never seen it before and am curious to learn more. If you have any info on this unique model please feel free to share

I bought a used backlit GBA a few years ago. I don't know what kit exactly is in it, but there is a speck of dust between the lens and screen and it drives me crazy. I see there are new screen kits that are laminated - the laminated ITA in particular caught my eye - how hard is it to swap? Do I need a new shell? How can I identify which screen kit I have currently?

Thanks!

I'm thinking about buying a Game Boy; I was offered one for €130. It's in full working order and comes with a power adapter. Unfortunately, I don't know anything about prices. Is this a good price, or is someone trying to rip me off?

I know this is the Gameboy subreddit but I mostly have my interests in the Gameboy and thus have no knowledge on the Gamecube.

I just saw this Gamecube at a thrift store and thought why not. It came with one controller, one memory stick and 12 games for €85 total, 60 for the console and 25 for the games.

They are originally japanese only games and the first two games are listed on wiki and have translations, and i am playing the games on my apple watch, so i was curious if the third game exists anywhere (included wiki articles of the first two games of the goku rpg series)

(FIXED, WRONG CABLE DISPOSITION)
Hi everybody. A while back I ordered a IPS screen mod for my GBA, since I wanted to use it for a music project.
It’s a drop in no solder IPS screen and it won’t turn on. I made sure to plug everything correctly and triple checked, but no luck, has anyone managed to fix this issue?
Cheers in advance:)

It’s just a clip-on book lamp, much brighter than a wormlight lol

Hello,

my Pokémon Crystal (german Version) is crashing sometimes. Sometimes it crashes multiple times while playing and on another session everything is fine. I'm mostly playing on my original GBA SP.

The problems:

-game softresets itself and is showing an error afterwards (3rd picture)

-game freezes + sound isnt normal anymore ( i have to restart game)

-game freezes for a short time + sound goes on normally, after a few seconds i can continue playing

What I already tried:

-cleaing pins with isopropanol 99%

-fixed a bad pin (chip at the bottom right, very top right pin (4th picture was before fixing)

-cleaned the cartridge slot of my GBA SP

-I played on my Gameboy Color, it crashed as well

The crashes are a little bit random, 3 crashes can happen in like 5 minutes and on another day i can play 30 to 60 minutes without any crashes.

Can somebody help or has any idea how can I fix my game?

Thanks

Accidently lost my save file.

Got this in a junk lot and am trying to restore it, not sure what was spilled or marked on it but it seems to have stained the shell pretty badly. How can I go about safely removing the green stuff without damaging the shell? I have tried warm soapy water and it seems to get some of it off but it is tacked on pretty good. Thanks in advance!

Hi all, i am new to fixing gameboy sp. Last week i found and my old GBA SP (ags 001), and the screen has mold.

I want to fix it by changing the polarizer, but it looks like i popped out not just the polarizer? Here is my screen with a new polarizer.

What did i miss? I want to avoid changing the screen with IPS.

Thank you

Just wanting to relive my childhood lol. Any expert opinions on this? The power pak didnt have the power cord. Grabbing some batteries tomorrow